•A funny story: At 4 or 5 months old, he would steal our pillows and take them out the doggie door into the back yard. Before we could get them away from him, he would tear the pillows into pieces and shake feathers all over the yard. He did this four times — always with my husband's pillows. We had to keep them in a closet until we were ready for bed; we bought four different pillows in three months.

•Strange, but true: We were training him in the garage. He has a piece of a blanket he plays with and it was on the floor in the garage. We were telling him to "sit" and he wiggled around so he could sit on the piece of blanket and not the cold concrete.

•Comments: We babysit three granddaughters twice a week. He loves when they come. Whenever we say "the girls are coming today" he runs to the door and sits looking out for them.